YOU’RE INVITED

Posted on June 6, 2022 by webadmin

The best breakfast anywhere—coffee FREE (not $2.50 or $2.99) and fun companions. Where? When” At Abby’s Pizza (yes, a full-menu breakfast in the pizza parlor.) The second Wednesday of every month.
With? Chapter Nine. 8:30 a.m. Now don’t say, “That’s too early!” One morning a month you can surely get up to come join in the fun and good fellowship. A word of warning: don’t come late! Don’t ever come late to any SKP food event.
All SKPS are welcome. You don’t have to belong to Chapter Nine. B.C. (Before Covid) about 40 Timber Valleyites packed Abby’s “Upper Room” for a rollicking good time. Can we do it again? Let’s try. Come get reacquainted with old friends and make some new friends.
June 8th, 8:30 a.m. at Abby’s Pizza in Sutherlin.

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OLD MC DONALD HAD A FARM, TIMBER VALLEY NEEDS A GARDEN

Posted on June 5, 2022 by webadmin

How long have we talked “Community Garden”? Old Timers will tell you, “Forever”. And nothing has been done. But now we have an energized, organized group that is actually doing something! They got Board approval as a Committee, which was later rescinded. And now it seems they‘re getting a little bit less than cooperation. Continue reading →

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DEE OHNEMUS, IN MEMORIAM

Posted on June 3, 2022 by webadmin

DEE OHNEMUS, IN MEMORIAM

For about twenty years Dee and Dan Ohnemus have called Timber Valley home .Dee passed away May 26, 2022 after struggling with poor health for almost five years.
Dee was born in Klamath Falls, Oregon July 8, 1931 and she and Dan met and married there. They were married for 48 years in September. They lived mostly in Bend Oregon and Dee worked as a Cosmetologist for Rite Aide and Payless stores.
They enjoyed RVing and traveled extensively in the mid-west and western states. They joined the Active Wait List in 1998 and Oct. 16, 2003 they moved into Timber Valley. Dan says, “We set still for one winter to see what it was like” and then they spent most winters in Havasu and Casa Grande, Arizona.
Dan says, “Dee really loved this park and she liked the people in it”. Dee is survived by her husband Dan and his three sons and her son, Gordon Wynant.

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Vertigo or Squirrel Droppings or A Tale of Two Nurses

Posted on June 1, 2022 by webadmin

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By Fred Prout

My body is revolting. WAIT, WHAT?  Alexa, erase that and start over.

A follow up to the vividly remembered two weeks without beer. I hope I didn’t give the impression I drink too much. Two possibly three a week. So that two weeks is not a big deal. It’s just that the words “ you can’t “ automatically creates a desire.

As I may have mentioned, once or thrice, my body is at war with me. Continue reading →

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The Gift of Life

Posted on May 28, 2022 by webadmin

By Cathy Deyo

Perhaps some info on why donating blood and what happens before and during the procedure will encourage first timers to donate. I have been donating for 50 years and feel it is a duty and a blessing.  — Cathy

From World Health Organization – Blood Products – Blood Donation:

Why should people donate blood?

Safe blood saves lives. Blood is needed by women with complications during pregnancy and childbirth, children with severe anaemia, often resulting from malaria or malnutrition, accident victims and surgical and cancer patients. Continue reading →

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A Relative of the Common Cold

Posted on May 28, 2022 by webadmin

By Jackie Deal

Ahh-chew! “Doggone cold.  It’s my third one this year”.  We can send a man to the moon, why can’t we find a cure for the common cold?  Did you know that your common cold is related to Covid 19? Covid is caused by the “the family of viruses that cause the common cold.” The virus causing Covid first appeared in 2003 as SARS CoV-2.  SARS stands for Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome.  (A syndrome is just a collection of symptoms.)  SARS confined itself mainly to foreign countries so we weren’t too affected. And peace reigned until 2019.

Since then we’ve heard about Covid strains, variants, RNA, mutations and other garbage and does any of it make sense?  Let’s see if we can make a wee bit of sense out of it.  (Most of the info’ that follows was taken from articles by CDC and reputable hospital sites, e.g. Mayo Clinic, Cleveland Hospital, and John Hopkins etc.) Continue reading →

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Amber Does Know What a Mouse Is

Posted on May 26, 2022 by webadmin

By Jackie Deal

Amber (my cat) is playing with one of her stuffed mousies in the corner. Isn’t that cute? She’s acting like it’s a real mouse. That’s so cu-uUUUT !! A 2 ½ inch dark brown mouse streaked across the floor and jumped onto my foot. For one second I debated: did I want squashed mouse guts all over my rug? YES! I stomped but too late. Mouse scampered into the corner and Amber hurtled after it. It squirreled away behind some immovable furniture and Amber lost that round.

She hasn’t given up. Every day she goes on mouse patrol. Around the perimeter of the room, sniffing into the furnace vent, trying to pry open the kitchen cupboards. Once a mouse, always a mouse, right?

What could I do to help? Poison might catch Amber instead of the mouse. And those old fashioned snap traps could snap on her pretty little ballerina paws. Then my neighbor gave me the neatest mouse trap. It’s a blue plastic cylinder. In one end you put cheese and the other end is a little trap door which snaps shut behind the mouse when it enters.

So far no mouse. The trap is ready and so is Amber. I really think she’s scared it away for good and I can just imagine it saying to its family and friends, “Stay away from there. There’s a big black panther living there!”

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Lunch Is Served and More

Posted on May 19, 2022 by webadmin

By Jackie Deal

Thursdays Home from an exhausting physical therapy: tired, depleted and hungry. And what did I find waiting for me? A wonderful “Meals on Wheels” dinner: beef tacos, corn salsa, refried beans and to top it off a delicious sugar cookie. Douglas County provides Meals on Wheels on Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday with lunches (dinners) at the Senior Center. Continue reading →

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Rabinowitz’s Pork Roll

Posted on May 17, 2022 by webadmin

By Fred Prout

I like beer. Actually, I love beer. I especially love the taste of beer. Bock, Porter, Stout. The thick, dark, stand up a spoon in it, beer. Or, a really hoppy ale. Taste is everything. I know you will call me a beer snob when I tell you that I don’t like the Buds, Millers or Coors of the world. Just my taste, mind you. No reflection on you if that’s your thing. I won’t even mention Light ( Lite ) beer. They are an abomination and an insult to the brewer’s craft. Continue reading →

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Thar’s Gold (Music) In Them Thar Hills

Posted on May 16, 2022 by webadmin

By Jackie Deal

“That’s Gold in Them Thar Hills” (thank you Bugs Bunny, actually “Yosemite Sam”). Friday afternoon the gold was music! For the first time in a l-o-n-g time the Timber Valley clubhouse rang with music. With music and about 30 enthusiastic, happy listeners.

Continue reading →

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